Mathematician George Boole died 150 years ago. Boolean logic, the system he invented, is still used in modern computer programming, writes Chris Stokel-Walker. Boole walked two miles to the lecture ...

Considered by many as the founding father of computing, George Boole was a brilliant mathematician. He is noted for his work on the area of logic known as Boolean Algebra. The Calculus of Logic The ...

The proposed bronze artwork depicts Boole teaching a boy and girl at a blackboard A Victorian mathematician whose work is in every computer, smartphone and digital device is to be honoured with a ...

Google's animated Doodle illustrates the logic gates that are used in computing and are derived from Boolean functions. NEW DELHI: Google today is celebrating the 200th birth anniversary of George ...

It’s almost time to celebrate George Boole’s 200th birthday. Or maybe we should call it Birthday No. 11001000. You might have a hard time converting that binary number to decimal in your head. But it ...

Google Search is known for its Doodles, which the company implements to celebrate significant events in human history or the great men and women that made significant contributions to further our ...

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Internet search giant Google on Monday dedicated a doodle to noted mathematician George Boole on his 200th birth anniversary. George Boole was an English mathematician, logician and philosopher whose ...